(ELI5)How do your eyes stay aligned and looking in the same direction?

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What part of the brain stops them from seeing different locations? And is it possible for the eyes to do so?

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Your eyes stay aligned so that they can see an object from two *slightly* different angles, and therefore judge the distance.

This is common to many predatory animals: cats, humans, eagles, ….

Prey animals (cattle, pigeons, rabbits) have eyes on each side of their heads to allow 360 degree vision to detect, if not judge distance to, a predator.

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